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...Politically, the Administration may be acting too clever by half. Perhaps the outrage on the right will pass, and the case will slip unnoticed into the books. But the last thing Bush needs right now is to try and explain to an already disillusioned Republican base why he's opposing the death penalty for a convicted immigrant murderer on orders from a bunch of judges in The Netherlands. If he hasn't already, this might make more Americans think twice about the wisdom of ever-expanding presidential power...
Capt. Brandon Thompson, an intelligence officer at a combat outpost roughly 30 miles south of Baghdad, says the reports are plausible - but not proven. "I think it's very possible that individuals from Iran come in and train groups," says Thompson, an officer at Forward Operating Base Kalsu about 30 miles south of Baghdad. "But with no facts yet to back it up, the assessment would be that it's a good possibility...
...some cases the crowds and revenues have rivaled those of the 1980s. Ratt and Poison just wrapped up a long, large-venue summer tour where they played regularly before 8,000 to 10,000 fans. Ratt lead singer Pearcy says he noticed an emerging younger fan base of teenagers and twenty-somethings who were born years after Ratt multi-platinum Out of the Cellar album released in 1984. "It has been a gradual buildup again. It's rock and roll - colorful, dangerous, exciting," Pearcy said...
...years. “But then, when I came back, I decided that that’s what I wanted to do, so I had to kind of reactivate all of my old connections and I figured that the streets was the best way to rebuild my fan base and continue where I left off.”He now shares his music with the Harvard Square community three days a week. Gerard estimates that he plays about 85 percent of his own material, but also covers Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles, and a singer-songwriter named Mary Gauthier...
...turnout could help Jindal by giving his social conservative base a bigger share of the vote. But anti-incumbent sentiment could cost him: He began the race with a lead that made him seem like the incumbent right out of the gate. There's still time for one of the candidates to land a deadly blow or a bombshell to land; more likely, in a race that seems cautious by Louisiana standards, any surprises will come from the voters themselves...